The Big East Conference was formed in 1979. However, the conference split in 2013 with the non-football playing schools retaining the Big East championship and history, among other things.

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July 2, 1979: The new conference is officially named the Big East Conference. Jan. 5, 1980: Connecticut plays at St. John’s in the first Big East game.

The Big East soon added Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10 conference and Creighton from the Missouri Valley conference, creating a 10-team league centered around basketball that began play in ...

In that sense, the Big East has the potential to get off to a jump start in 2013. But the conference could also disappoint more than it every has before. Imagine, with all those teams, if the Big ...

Georgetown, Providence, St. John's and Seton Hall are all founding members of the Big East, which began conference play in 1979. Villanova was added in 1980, while DePaul and Marquette joined in 2006.

Big East released the 2013 football schedule for UCF, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, USF and Temple.

Commissioner Mike Aresco came out firing at the conference's media day, saying the viability of the AAC is sustainable and that his schools deserve to be in a hypothetical Division IV, if such a ...

In 2013, the old Big East split apart with the football schools leaving for Power 5 leagues — Syracuse and Louisville are now in the Atlantic Coast Conference while West Virginia is in the Big 12.